The Dillon tribune., 1887-01-28
THE INTERSTATE BILL.
. s,,ousis Of its Important Features.

.,s,. of i.s Important Features.
w.su,ScroN, January :I.--Ihe inter-
.,o,. commerce. bill, as agreed upon ny
10Th houses Of congress, in its first section
,,o,;es the provisions Of this act to any
.ar,,non carrier engaged in the transporta-
IN, ot messengers wholly by railroad .:
,,rt,y By railroad and partly by water,
.,her both are used under common con.
,,act. management, or arrangements
,,rouch wore than one state or territory,
or from any place in the United States to
foreign country. 1t defines the term
.ro;,road" to include all bridges and ferries
,,ed or operated by any railroad. All
charges made for any service rendered !"
The transportation OF passengers or prop.
sr,v shall be reasonable and just, and
every unjust and unreasonable charge for
.,ch service is prohibited and declared TO
be unlawful.
SECTION !. makes it unlawful for any
common carrier, subject to the provisions OF
This act. 10 charge, demand, collect "r re.
eeive. directly .. indirectly, from any per
son or persons, greater cr less co,nr-;,s;s.
ton for any service rendered III the trans
portation OF passengers or property than
lis charges. demands, collects or receives
from anv other person or persons tor doing
him or them like and conte,nporaneous
service in the transportation OF a like kind
Of traffic under sirnilar circumstance, and
conditions.
Section !, makes it unlawful for any
common carrier, subject to this act, to
make CT give any undue or unreasonable
preference or advantage 10 any particular
person, company, firm, corporation Or 10.
cality, or any particula. description Of
traffic. Every common carrier, subject TO
this act shall, according to their respective
powers, afford all reasonable, proper and
equa, facilities for the interchange Of traffic
between their respective lines, aid forward
ing and delivering Of passengers and
property to and from their rsspectiv: lines,
and those connecting Herewith, and shall
not discriminate in their rates and charges
between such connections.
Section declares that it shall he unlaw.
full for any co,n.noa carrier, subject to the
provisions OF this act. to charge or receive
ary greater compensation in the aggregate
for the transportation ot passengers, or Of
like kind Of property under substantially
similar circumstances and conditions for a
shorter than for longer distance over the
same line in the same direction, the short
er being included in the longer distance
but this shall not I,c construed as authoriz'
ing any common carrier to charge and re-
ceive as great compensation for shorter
as for longer distance; provided, however,
that upon application to the commission,
appointed under the provisions Of this act,
such common carrier may, after investiga'
sion BY the commission, be- authorized Il,
Charge less for longer than for shorter dis.
tances for the transportation of passengers
and property; and the commission may
from time to time, prescribe the extent to
which the designated common carrier ma:
oe relieved from the operation ol this Sec
ton of this act.
SECTION s. That it shall hc unlawful to.
any common carrier, subject to This act, II
enter into any contract, agreement Or corr,
! en'a''on with ANY common carrier, or car
'e's, tor the pooling OF treigh.> of different
and competing railroads or 10 tl;vii" b..
tween them the aggregate or net proceeds
OF earnings Of s"ch railroads nr an> per
non 'hcreot; ard ii, any case oi' an A,r.c
me"t for po'iin. of ireiah's as before >ait
Zach day OF Its continuance will be cce,nc,'
"a separate offrnse.
SECTION 6 requires, that ai>cr 90 day
rom the passage Of the act, every commt,,
carrier suhjec, to The provisions OF this act
'"a'' have printed and keep for ruhli: in
V'pec""n schedules showing the rates, fare:
ana Charges, and in addition to requiring
railroads to give publicity at al! of the d..
'po's on their several lines, it gives au,hori
I! " the commission where it is prope,
la"u necessary, m require them to give pub
3''e"y to their rates to othe, places beyon.
VIC PAGES OF their several railroads. 1t a!ss
provides that rates, fares and charges sha!
quot oe 'a'scd except after 10 days of public
''''ce' but that they may be reduced with
lou' previous public notice. The notice
however shall BE- simultaneous With the re-
Suction itself.
SECTION 7 makes 1t unlawful Cor any com